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Lophatherum, Job's Tears and Corn Kernel Soup

Traditionally used to clear heart fire and ease restlessness in fretful children

In short: Lophatherum, Job's Tears and Corn Kernel Soup is a soup that Traditionally used to clear heart fire and ease restlessness in fretful children. It is most often made for children's wellness, heart & circulation. Total time about 50 min. Key ingredients: job's tears (coix).

By · Published under our editorial policy · Research library

Prep
5 min
Cook
45 min
Total
50 min
Makes
about 600 ml
Children's WellnessHeart & Circulation
Lophatherum, Job's Tears and Corn Kernel Soup

Why people make this soup

Some little ones are perfectly fine in the daytime but cry through the night, leaving exhausted parents. In food-therapy thinking, infant night crying often falls into two patterns. One is a cold, weak spleen-and-stomach pattern — pale face, cool limbs, a cold tummy, loose stool, clear urine. The other is a “heart-channel heat” pattern — flushed face and red lips, restlessness, dry stool, scant dark urine. This particular soup is for the heat pattern: it is traditionally used to clear heart fire, ease the flow of urine, and settle that restless heat.

What studies say about the key ingredients

Traditional use is not the same as clinical proof. Here is the strongest human research we found for each ingredient, limitations included.

  • Job's tears (coix) · Randomized controlled trial · 2024
    Myeloperoxidase activity rose significantly in the placebo group after 8 weeks but showed no significant change in the adlay tea group. Vascular endothelial function improved in the adlay group, especially in those over 40.Limitation: Participants were healthy adults and the outcomes were surrogate markers, so the results say little about clinical disease outcomes. Tea is a polyphenol-rich extract, not whole grain.PubMed 38945894 · 2 more job's tears (coix) studies

From the Nourilo Research Library. Findings come from specific doses, extracts and populations and may not apply to a home-cooked recipe.

Safety first — read before you cook

This is a traditional food, not a treatment. Please check with your doctor or pharmacist before making it a regular part of your diet if you:

  • are pregnant or breastfeeding, or are cooking for a young child;
  • take regular medicines — especially blood thinners, blood-pressure, diabetes or immune-suppressing drugs;
  • have a kidney, liver or heart condition, or a known food allergy.

Stop eating it and seek advice if you notice an allergic reaction or feel unwell. Safety notes reviewed 8 October 2026 · How we write safety notes

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